Job Description

Our service has an exciting opportunity to join our team as a CYP-PT: Therapy Trainee [ASC-LD], part of the NHS England (NHSE) funded programme in partnership with The Anna Freud Centre, University College London, and Kings College London. The post-holder will be training on the Children & Young People Mental Health (CYP-MH/CYP IAPT) Therapy Course and carrying out clinical work in our service to complement their studies and use their newly developed skills. We are seeking highly motivated and enthusiastic mental health practitioners to work and train within our service. The training post will equip the post-holder to provide interventions for children, young people or families using evidence-based intervention consistent with the course they are attending. The post holder will work with people with different cultural backgrounds and ages, using interpreters when necessary and should be committed to equity, diversity and inclusion.



This is a fixed term post with this training year funded by NHSE. After successful completion of the course the fixed term training contract will end however applicants would be encouraged to apply for any vacant posts within the service.



This role will be best suited for applicants that are able to balance a very busy work and study schedule. You will be an employee at the service but also enrolled on a Postgraduate Diploma course. You will be required to study and perform at PG academic level. Applicants must be prepared to work towards their studies outside of protected study time. Protected study time or teaching days are typically two days a week during term (with possibility of extra university days near start) and will be a mixture of in person and online sessions. Applicants must be willing to travel into London to attend their lectures.



More information about the courses and how the training works can be found here (AFC website) and here (UCL website) including the course brochures, and we strongly recommend you read the FAQs.



NHSE have implemented a rule regarding beneficiaries of their training year funding - this affects candidates who have been on one of the courses listed on the NHSE website from 1 st August 2022.



Applicants must be willing to travel by car or public transport to different education settings in the borough of Brent/Harrow to carry out therapeutic work and develop working relationships with stakeholders.



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The post holder will be expected to support their team, department and organisation to achieve the Trust's Values in their day to day work:



Compassion o Respect o Empowerment o Partnership

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.



Job description and person specification attached.



This is a training position and so all candidates will need to apply for both the trainee role with our organisation and the UCL Post Graduate Diploma in order to be shortlisted (for more information about the course and minimum entry criteria, please see the course page and brochures that can be found here (AFC website) and https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17bbinRzAlIfH8SKe3t18I2m14L7sli5e?usp=drive_link (UCL website)



Please complete your university application using the UCL University Application Guidance supplied:



Application link



This is an integral part of the process to confirm that you have applied to the University and that you meet their course requirements. Please apply to the University at the same time as applying to this job position.



If you apply to this job, you are giving permission that information relevant to establishing eligibility can be shared between the HEI and the Service. No irrelevant information will be disclosed or discussed.



As these are training positions, please be aware that this is a dual application process where you must be employed in a Recruit to Train funded job to also receive a place on the course, and vice-versa. If you are ineligible for the University Course, we will be unable to be offer the role. If you withdraw from an employment offer but you have accepted a university offer, you will be unable to join the course. You must apply to the course at the same time as this job.



Please note in this instance the course is not optional; the roles are dependent on meeting all course requirements.